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Of course but I'm just commenting on the window so far. Is that ok with you?
I'll think about it.
Of course but I'm just commenting on the window so far. Is that ok with you?
Yeah of course, just those three. Actually players like Mane, Salah, Firminio have all been signed by Liverpool in recent seasons and would all significantly add options to our attack which I think would enable us to challenge for the title. The reason I mention those three is because they feasibly are the type of players that should be "affordable" as you put it, for spurs.
There are no guarantees any signing will be a success but you can't pretend to me that Grealish is the best type of signing we can make.
I've nothing against signing Grealish but if it's the height of our ambition this summer then we are fucked.
Sorry.
I'm sure many think the same about Eriksen, Dele and Son.
The only players that will propel us above City are guys like Bale, Ronaldo and Mbappe. We can't afford them. Sorry.
Not that I don't rate him, but Grealish shouldn't be judged as a core piece of business I don't think. This deal is just an opportunistic punt because of his price and homegrown status. I'd certainly view him as more of a want than a need at this stage.
We'll see what our level of ambition is at the end of the window. Grealish then could either be a sign of a lack of ambition or a nice piece of icing on the cake.
Well i'm referring to the price as the opportunistic element.
I keep saying this. If Grealish was priced normally at £40-50m would we still be interested in him?
Well i'm referring to the price as the opportunistic element.
I keep saying this. If Grealish was priced normally at £40-50m would we still be interested in him?
If Dele was quoted as £20m instead of £5 would we have taken a punt on him? It's all hear say when it comes down to it.
All I know is that we need a homegrown player for our quotas, it's a rule requirement that we need to adhere to to have the maximum number of players available within our squad. Getting Jack in for the reported £20m where his value will only increase playing for a club like Spurs and where he could fulfil his potential and become an absolute star is a complete no brainier for me. It's the one absolute must signing we should be making based on rule requirements, based on what's needed positionally in the team and what's based on financial benefit to the club. It's a signing we simply cannot lose with
Spurs need to make three signings which instantly improve the first 11.
These positions are WF, CM and CB or Striker (back up to Kane).
Martial would cover WF and striker. CB no idea. CM it is highly debatable Grealish will make enough of an impact and is of the required quality to instantly improve our CM.
If he is, excellent but he's hardly a proven CL quality CM.
You think we need to upgrade Verts and Sanchez!?
As I said, I personally want us to sign him for the rumoured price. However in the grand scheme of things there's a lot more important business that we need to do. By making the full price at £40m point I was trying to argue that I don't think Grealish is a priority signing as such.
The end of the window will show the level of our ambition, not whether we sign Grealish or not.
Doesn't answer my question on how we're "fucked" if we sign players like Grealish who it's assumed Poch wants. Will all our players leave or something?
No but it means we will be considerably weaker than last season.
Dembele is leaving remember, and even if he stays he is no longer physically up to a 38 game PL season. We need someone who can come in to CM and hit the ground running.
Or that their ISP has cut them off for not paying the bills.Someone tell Villa that Daniel's emails to them have gone into their spam folder. They'll be there along with a fuck load of HMRC emails.
Who's to say Winksy won't do that for us. He's busy, uses the hall well, is extremely composed yet hassling at the same time and his job could be to just win possession and move the ball on quickly to the ball players like Grealish or Eriksen in the team.
If the jigsaw piece fits etc
If we can get him, Grealish will be a great marquee signing for us this summer. Unfortunately it looks like a tricky transfer to get over the line, what with Aston Villa needing to sell to survive. We need to be realistic in our expectations, the chances of ever signing someone like Bale or Martial are extremely slim. We have to live within our means.